Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Tonga

Obesity in adults in Tonga in 2024 — 73.8%. Ranked 198 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 34.4 pp.

2024 73.8% +0.8 pp vs 2023
World rank 198of 199
Period maximum 73.8%2024
Period minimum 39.4%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Tonga, 1980–202430405060708019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 39.4%1981: 40.3%1982: 41.2%1983: 42.1%1984: 43%1985: 43.8%1986: 44.7%1987: 45.6%1988: 46.4%1989: 47.2%1990: 47.9%1991: 48.6%1992: 49.3%1993: 50%1994: 50.7%1995: 51.3%1996: 51.9%1997: 52.5%1998: 53.1%1999: 53.8%2000: 54.4%2001: 55%2002: 55.6%2003: 56.2%2004: 56.9%2005: 57.6%2006: 58.2%2007: 59%2008: 59.7%2009: 60.6%2010: 61.4%2011: 62.2%2012: 63.1%2013: 64%2014: 64.8%2015: 65.7%2016: 66.6%2017: 67.5%2018: 68.4%2019: 69.3%2020: 70.2%2021: 71.1%2022: 72.1%2023: 73%2024: 73.8%
Change over the period: +34.4 pp Annual average: 0.78 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tonga

Tonga 73.8%
World computed 16.1%
East Asia & Pacific computed 10%
Obesity in adults — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 73.8 +0.8 pp
2023 73 +0.9 pp
2022 72.1 +0.9 pp
2021 71.1 +0.9 pp
2020 70.2 +0.9 pp
2019 69.3 +0.9 pp
2018 68.4 +0.9 pp
2017 67.5 +0.9 pp
2016 66.6 +0.9 pp
2015 65.7 +0.9 pp
2014 64.8 +0.9 pp
2013 64 +0.9 pp
2012 63.1 +0.9 pp
2011 62.2 +0.9 pp
2010 61.4 +0.8 pp
2009 60.6 +0.8 pp
2008 59.7 +0.8 pp
2007 59 +0.7 pp
2006 58.2 +0.7 pp
2005 57.6 +0.7 pp
2004 56.9 +0.6 pp
2003 56.2 +0.6 pp
2002 55.6 +0.6 pp
2001 55 +0.6 pp
2000 54.4 +0.6 pp
1999 53.8 +0.6 pp
1998 53.1 +0.6 pp
1997 52.5 +0.6 pp
1996 51.9 +0.6 pp
1995 51.3 +0.6 pp
1994 50.7 +0.6 pp
1993 50 +0.7 pp
1992 49.3 +0.7 pp
1991 48.6 +0.7 pp
1990 47.9 +0.8 pp
1989 47.2 +0.8 pp
1988 46.4 +0.8 pp
1987 45.6 +0.8 pp
1986 44.7 +0.9 pp
1985 43.8 +0.9 pp
1984 43 +0.9 pp
1983 42.1 +0.9 pp
1982 41.2 +0.9 pp
1981 40.3 +0.9 pp
1980 39.4

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index of 30 kg/m² and above. The series has been kept since 1980 and shows one of the fastest changes in the health of populations in the whole history of observation: in most countries the share has grown two- to threefold. The top of the ranking is held not by rich countries, as one might expect, but by the islands of Oceania and the Persian Gulf, where the shift to purchased food happened within one generation.

Important: The aggregate by country group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one: the share of adults differs between countries by a factor of about 1.5, so young countries get a slightly larger weight than they should.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.